Twine-holder



tented" June 25, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD POWERS, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,679, dated J une 25, 1895.

Appnettion and April 3, 1895. serial No. 544,268. (No man.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. POWERS, of Fall River,in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Twine-Holders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

Figure l represents an elevation of theim proved yarn-holder with a yarn cop or roll thereon. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the same, Fig. 3 being a plan view thereof.

Similar numerals and letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the views.

In carrying my invention into practice it has been my desire to producea twine-holder which would occupy but little space in excess of that of the twine ball or roll, as well as one in which a tension was exerted on the twine as it was drawn from the ball, while the twine was delivered as near the surfaceof the counter or table as possible.

In the drawings 5 represents the vertical annular wall of a base having the concave top 6 and furnished with one or more guide Veyes 7-7. The base is preferably of cast metal to give weight to the device. From the center of the concave top 6 extends the hollow spindle 8 the juncture of which with the under surface of the top formed by the rounded shoulder 9. This hollow spindle 8 has the lower Vhaving the rounded edge 12. The ball or roll of yarn Xvis generally wound o n a cop or sleeve spool Y which closely tits the enlargement lO at the lower end of the spindle, the

convex portion of the roll, formed by crowding out the yarn at the end, being received in the concavity of the top 6. The end of yarn X is loosened and is then passed down through the hollow spindle and led outward through one of the guide-eyes 7-7. If the yarn be drawn outward, it will be evident that the first tension will be exerted by the loose strand passing over ,the surface of the roll, the next tension will be exerted by the shoulder or edge l2 of the porcelain guideeye, and the nal tension by the shoulder 9 and the edge of the guide-eye 7 through which vit passes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A twine-holder, consisting of the concave top 6, the annular portion 5 below the top and having the eyes 7-7, the tubular spindle 8 extending upward from the center of the top 6 having the tension-shoulder 9 and the enlargement 10 and provided at its upper end with the eye 12, as and for the purpose described. p

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWARD J. POWERS.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL J. GRIFFIN, .JOHN J. POWERS. 

